BLM Protests Across The World

[Flint Marko]

Pat Robertson is Antifa.

Made me lol and those are in short supply these days so thank you

 

[Zorro]

Are they just going to be held there for hours?standing around and intimidated

 

[Schlosser85]

How long is this going to go on for?

 

[Sithborg]

Well, Omaha isn't calming down anytime soon.

Jake Gardner: Omaha bar owner who shot a black protester will not be charged - CNN

 

[Zorro]

So damn messed up

 

[Dr. Evil]

How long is this going to go on for?

Until whatever else happens next kills us all, whether is a Russian/North Korean Nuke or an alien invasion.

 

[kvz5]

Don’t forget the meteors. Or Godzilla. Or the Kaiju. There are a lot of options!

 

[Snow Queen]

This scene's set in 2020 and honestly I wouldn't be terribly surprised at this point.




And this is the most heartbreaking thing I've heard all day.

 

[Zorro]

Very bittersweet

 

[Marvolo]

Former Defense official resigns from Pentagon post, slams Esper for role in Trump photo op

 

[Detective Conan]

#RIPDAVIDDORN.

 

[squeekness]

Don’t forget the meteors. Or Godzilla. Or the Kaiju. There are a lot of options!

Killer rats? Heard they are starting to get rowdy.

 

[Detective Conan]

Is he for real?

 

[kvz5]

Our president will speak later:

 

[kvz5]

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Our president will speak later:

**** Obama. Nothing he has to say is worth hearing. That clown acts like he wasn't president for 8 years. His administration consistently protected killer cops like Darren Wilson. What's he going to say? Call for peace and de-escalation of violence? This is the same ******* that waged war in seven countries and killed kids in drone strikes, even joking about it and bragging that he's "really good at killing people."

Or maybe he's going to tell people to "vote" again, as if that will solve anything. The USA is in a national crisis right now and the president is threatening to use the military to kill protesters and violently crush dissent. And Obama's suggestion is to wait five months and vote for Joe Biden, as if that will solve anything right now? What a joke. Reminder that it is overwhelmingly Democratic mayors in major cities who are imposing curfews, ordering police crackdowns, and protecting cops from any accountability. "Progressive" mayor Bill de Blasio just defended police who drove cars into a crowd of people. The "lesser evil", folks!

In more relevant news:

As Trump Threatens to Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse to Comply

But it’s not the legality of the president’s and governors’ deployment orders that is weighing on Guardspersons and active-duty soldiers; it’s the potential moral injury of brutalizing their own communities.

One activated National Guard member who is currently in the process of refusing orders told Truthout that the events of the last few days have shattered his belief that there can be such a thing as a justified use of force. “Most of all, I feel that I cannot be complicit in any way when I’ve seen so many examples of soldiers and police acting in bad faith,” he said via an encrypted text message.

The Guardsman, who is consulting a lawyer, spoke to Truthout on the condition of anonymity to protect against further retaliation for his defection and for speaking to the press. He is relatively new to his unit, having recently graduated training, and says he enlisted in part due to his financial situation.

His unit, he says, has not received any relevant riot response or de-escalation training amid the rapid pace of the unit’s deployment operations. “I learned basic soldiering and rifle skills in Basic Combat Training, and my trainee Military Occupational Specialty is not related to policing or riot response in any way,” he said. “No aspect of my training has touched on this subject. I am told that my unit has conducted riot response periodically in the past. We have not had any training or conversation relating to de-escalation tactics.”

Another Guardsman, a medic in an infantry line company in Pennsylvania who has not yet received orders to deploy, says he plans on refusing if it comes to that and is also currently consulting a lawyer regarding his options.

“I can’t do it. Even looking at my uniform is making me feel sick that I’m associated with this, especially after [the National Guard unit] shot that man who owned that barbecue shop [in Louisville, Kentucky],” he said. “I live in Pennsylvania. I live with the history of Kent State. I’m not being a part of that.”

Troops are now occupying American communities, and are faced with a choice about whether they want to stoke more violence and take actions that could haunt them for the rest of their lives.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

**** Obama. Nothing he has to say is worth hearing. That clown acts like he wasn't president for 8 years. His administration consistently protected killer cops like Darren Wilson. What's he going to say? Call for peace and de-escalation of violence? This is the same ******* that waged war in seven countries and killed kids in drone strikes, even joking about it and bragging that he's "really good at killing people."

Or maybe he's going to tell people to "vote" again, as if that will solve anything. The USA is in a national crisis right now and the president is threatening to use the military to kill protesters and violently crush dissent. And Obama's suggestion is to wait five months and vote for Joe Biden, as if that will solve anything right now? What a joke. Reminder that it is overwhelmingly Democratic mayors in major cities who are imposing curfews, ordering police crackdowns, and protecting cops from any accountability. "Progressive" mayor Bill de Blasio just defended police who drove cars into a crowd of people. The "lesser evil", folks!

In more relevant news:

As Trump Threatens to Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse to Comply

Would have helped Bernie.

 

[kvz5]

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Police opened fire on a gay bar because the owner was handing out water to protesters

The cops opened fire on medics. For all those criticizing attacks on small businesses, I'm hoping you will apply this same criticism to the cops here who unleashed flash bangs and "less lethal" rounds at a business owner who was only trying to protect his own place of business.


Listen to that cop scream "The game is over!" If there are "thugs" terrorizing people right now, it's the one wearing badges and uniforms. These are lawless sociopaths who disregard their own use-of-force guidelines and consider anyone who is not a cop as inferior.

The response of the Wake County Sheriff's Office speaks for itself.

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office, though, said that the shooting was justified because it worked and forced the first aid station to disband.

“Once deputies urge the crowd to disperse several times and there is non-compliance, the next step is to disperse the crowd,” a spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that police showed up at the bar because of an anonymous tip that the bar was handing out water to protestors.

But the Wake County Sheriff’s Office use of force policy says that officers can’t use weapons – neither lethal nor “less-than-lethal” – if people are only putting up passive or verbal resistance. The policy says that less-than-lethal weapons can only be used if someone is “an immediate risk of death or serious physical injury to themselves or others.”

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Would have helped Bernie.

It says a lot how quickly Bernie became irrelevant as soon as he endorsed Joe Biden.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It says a lot how quickly Bernie became irrelevant as soon as he endorsed Joe Biden.

Just shows why that part of the left is never going to gain any traction as they turn on each other at the drop of a hat.

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Just shows why that part of the left is never going to gain any traction as they turn on each other at the drop of a hat.

The whole reason Bernie enthused millions of people is because he seemed to offer a real alternative to the Democratic Party establishment, which as we're seeing now is just as complicit in attacking Americans as the GOP. Of course people are going to become disillusioned when they find out Bernie is once again endorsing the same power structure he claimed to be fighting against. Twice, he missed a huge historic opportunity to break from the Democrats and form a mass socialist party. But I promise you that's going to happen eventually, with or without Bernie.

The protests across America right now are inspiring the entire world. But without an organized leadership, all that energy will inevitably dissipate. Consciousness is changing rapidly. The experience that protesters are having will sear itself across the minds of an entire generation. That will inevitably make itself felt in the political sphere, one way or another.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The whole reason Bernie enthused millions of people is because he seemed to offer a real alternative to the Democratic Party establishment, which as we're seeing now is just as complicit in attacking Americans as the GOP. Of course people are going to become disillusioned when they find out Bernie is once again endorsing the same power structure he claimed to be fighting against. Twice, he missed a huge historic opportunity to break from the Democrats and form a mass socialist party. But I promise you that's going to happen eventually, with or without Bernie.

The protests across America right now are inspiring the entire world. But without an organized leadership, all that energy will inevitably dissipate. Consciousness is changing rapidly. The experience that protesters are having will sear itself across the minds of an entire generation. That will inevitably make itself felt in the political sphere, one way or another.

We are in a thread where we are discussing the President of the United States of America legitimately threatening citizens with the armed forces, all the while handling a pandemic in the worst way possible. I am personally very happy that Bernie seems to understand the dire situation we are all in.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

**** Obama. Nothing he has to say is worth hearing. That clown acts like he wasn't president for 8 years. His administration consistently protected killer cops like Darren Wilson. What's he going to say? Call for peace and de-escalation of violence? This is the same ******* that waged war in seven countries and killed kids in drone strikes, even joking about it and bragging that he's "really good at killing people."

Or maybe he's going to tell people to "vote" again, as if that will solve anything. The USA is in a national crisis right now and the president is threatening to use the military to kill protesters and violently crush dissent. And Obama's suggestion is to wait five months and vote for Joe Biden, as if that will solve anything right now? What a joke. Reminder that it is overwhelmingly Democratic mayors in major cities who are imposing curfews, ordering police crackdowns, and protecting cops from any accountability. "Progressive" mayor Bill de Blasio just defended police who drove cars into a crowd of people. The "lesser evil", folks!

In more relevant news:

As Trump Threatens to Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse to Comply

That's my main gripe about his administration.

When sh*t got really real the first time with the murders of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, he could have done so much more to ensure that incidents like those didn't happen again, especially being the first black president. Instead we got a speech about him saying how Trayvon could've been him 30 years ago.